Whaddaya MEAN You've Never Heard of Me?!?

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Sun, 11 Mar 2018 02:01:52 GMT

The Scared Soapless Kickstartery thing is still going on. Just over the halfway point--both in terms of time and earnings. Coooool, right?

We've contracted with sculptor Brian McGuire to create a custom mold of this fiendish character, who we think you'll recognize. We chose him based on our adoration for this sculpture, which was painted by a dude named Al Warner. We'll be making our scary Vampire out of soap, and it's gonna be terrifying.

We're also stepping up our guest soap game.
In addition to red-eyed skulls and hand-painted soapy human hearts, we're also offering dinosaurs, dino-skeletons (you get a whole skeleton of either a T-Rex or a Stegosaurus) and bloody-mouthed sharks. Normally we're not fans of portraying sharks as ravenous monsters. We love sharks. But soap-wise, we're all about the scares!

Since we're working with a talented sculptor, we can offer a reward where we can create a custom soap based on YOUR favorite horror thing. Spiders? An ancient mummy? A reanimated corpse? A Demogorgon? Whatever you're looking for--we can make it happen (so long as it doesn't violate anyone's copyright). Wouldn't that be the most amazing gift for a horror fan EVER?!? Even Chris Hardwick would be stoked!!

So hey, tell your rich buddies, fellow horror fans, vegan soap, lotion, and balm enthusiasts, or anyone else you think might love our stuff.

The main things we need funding for are:
--Completion of the website build, which will allow us to keep prices low.
--A versatile printer for water-soluble paper, labels, card stock, etc.
--Paying our sculptor. Those guys aren't cheap--but SOOOO worth it.
--Tables and shelving setup for doing craft shows in person.

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How would YOU like to give ME some money?

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:20:53 GMT

You know how money is sometimes exchanged for goods and services?
I'm doing a bit of that now in my Kickass Kickstarter. A KickASSStarter if you will...which you shouldn't...because that was terrible.

It's slow going with the raising of funds, but I'm hoping for the best. I have some great soaps on offer, plus a few things for people who (and I'm told they really do exist) don't like horror and aren't looking for ways to work more of it into their lives.

Most of what I need the funds for is finishing the website build, getting labels and packaging stuff, buying a printer, and setting myself up with some decent tables, lights, signage, and display shelves for doing craft shows. Plus I'll need to pay somebody to be my driver/handler.

If you're the sort of person who wants to help out so I can enjoy some success, here is some stuff you can do:

Paste this link where you think people will see it. Social media, your own blog, anywhere that won't be considered spamming. Spamming is evil and helps no one.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1400616726/scared-soapless-spooky-soaps-for-the-discerning-bo?ref=user_menu
Which people?
Horror fans, wealthy types, people with kids, fans of high-end Health and Beauty Aids, entrepreneurs, and anyone who might want to have their favorite horror thing realized as a soap.

What else helps?
--Buying yourself a reward or two would be cool, if you're the sort who can swing that financially.
--Leaving a comment on the Kickstarter page
--Asking a question on our Facebook page: Scared Soapless
--Interviewing me or doing a writeup at places where you routinely write things up
--Offering words of encouragement. I can always use them.

Okay, that's what I'm up to these days.
Pentelope is turning 18 on March 5th. I kind of think we should do something cool for her. We did sort of blow off her Quinceanera...H says cats don't need to have those anyway. Pfft. Anyway, I fear that our time with Pente is drawing to a close. She was the size of my hand when I got her. Over the years, she has peed, puked, or drooled on pretty much everything I own. Still, Imma miss her when the time comes.

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Soap!

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:36:28 GMT

It's me, here again with a smooth new H-created logo and a new horror thing I'm gonna try.

As soon as my seed funding comes through, I'm becoming one of those housewives who makes and sells soap out of their home. Sounds froofy, right? I get it.

You know how every year I do a craft or bake something for my family? I'd been doing lip balms for a while now. I thought people were being polite when they said my stuff was better than store-bought and that I should sell it. After a year or so of formulation and testing, I realized they were right. But people have been making and selling balms for some time, and they are WAY more advanced than I in terms of flavors. There's an etsy store where the lip balms taste like 10 different types of beer. BEER!!! I'm not that chemistry-minded. I'm also not rich.

Last summer, I discovered the world of Melt & Pour soaps. They're kind of expensive if you get the good ones, but damn. Just...damn. This is the sort of craft a person like me can (and did) get way into. I already had a good base of knowledge thanks to my time making balms, studying aromatherapy for mental health, witchcraft, and all the other kooky shit I've gotten up to over the years. I'm pretty good with homemade HBAs anyway. And the horror? Come on. I don't think I'd ever even be asked to defend my horror cred. It's a given.

With that in mind...I made a bunch of test soaps that I subsequently handed out to friends and family this year. Oddly, I haven't heard a darn thing from any of my family about my soaps. Not even a thank you. But my friends have been most supportive, and I decided a few months ago that this is something I could do bigly, and in the long term.

My company is called Scared Soapless--because that's hilarious. Can't to abbreviated logos, because 'SS' will almost certainly get me punched in the face as a Nazi.
Not sure how huge these pics are, so I'll cut them. But this is what I've been working on. Picture them properly finished with sculpting tools, and painted with mica.
( Some ScaredSoapless test soaps: )
All this trial and error and a few more errors have helped me figure out how to avoid bubbles around the embeds, how to get the fragrances just right, and how to not put blue glitter in a clear base so it just looks gritty and icky. This has been super fun.

FYI, I'm offering a 5% share in the business for a seed investment of only $1,000.
That's really cheap, and if you had that kind of money to invest (up to $2K per investor), you'd probably be pretty foolish not to get in on this at the ground floor.

It kinda feels like every job and activity I've done in my life has come together to create this company. So why wouldn't you want in? No, I'm asking.

Pretty soon there will be a new blog just for soaps stuff. It'll cover horror, skin care, fragrance news, more horror, and new products and stuff. I want to get into some low level ointments and balms too, CBD oil and lavender (since my lavender extracts I made years ago are still amazing) and stuff like that. Wheeee! Plus my cousin Richard is building me a new website so I can list my stuff for sale.

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Whaddaya MEAN You've Never Heard of Me?!?

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How would YOU like to give ME some money?

Soap!

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